Week on the web: Safeguards against Internet dangers
Sunday, March 9. 2008
Being completely secure and anonymous on the internet is highly improbable. The 'catalogue' of threats one is exposed to when browsing can be daunting.
To put things into perspective, there are malware such as viruses and worms that take on seemingly innocuous forms such as trojans and rootkits.
A few others worth mentioning are adware, loggers and dialers, and spyware, which are highly surreptitious, can be very invasive and are often used as tools for identity theft. Though spyware is often seen as malware, merely secretly monitoring user behaviour, its functions can extend well beyond simple spying.
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